Opinion – Page 7
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The danger of summoning the genie
There are conditions attached to the wishes granted by parliamentary sovereignty, which the government should carefully consider.
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Post Office scandal and the land of the rising computer
IT giant Fujitsu is appearing in the Post Office public inquiry today. This is how it got there.
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A postcode lottery for the bereaved
Improvement in the performance of coroners’ courts is likely to vary considerably depending on where you are in the country.
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Mother in Law: Working when you are ill
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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Horizon scandal: The SRA’s ‘wait and see’ approach is growing untenable
Regulator wants to wait a year or more to take formal action. The public - and politicians - will demand it much sooner.
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Beware due diligence on lawyers for their clients’ activities
It is one thing to consider environmental and human rights impacts of clients in terms of business acceptance. Disclosing information on this aspect to third parties is another.
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New year resolution
As we enter 2024, I am determined to strike an uncharacteristically optimistic note.
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Safe Haven: The United Kingdom’s Investigations into Nazi Collaborators and the Failure of Justice
Nazi war criminals: why so many ‘got away with it’, by John Silverman and Robert Sherwood.
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A Practitioner’s Guide to Inheritance Act Claims (4th edition)
A practical guide to tackling claims against estates, written by Nasreen Pearce.
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Post Office scandal: lawyers in the frame
Although the scandal itself has now received extensive publicity, making amends has become ever more complicated.
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Financial innovation is making a comeback – lawyers should stay well away from it
Innovation, creativity and animal spirit should be the preserve of entrepreneurs – not bankers, and certainly not financial regulators.
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The legal sector can do better at conflict resolution
What shifts are we seeing in dispute resolution, and how can lawyers and the profession as a whole embrace these changes?
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Mr Bates v The Post Office: A valuable take on an unbelievable scandal
Victims of the Horizon scandal deserve to have their stories told: this television drama at last does them (some) justice.
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PACCAR: government's proposed remedy is far too narrow
The role of litigation funding is now under serious threat, a former chair of the Competition Appeal Tribunal writes.
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Unregulated AI legal advice puts the public at risk
Appetite for low-cost data-driven tools is concerning in the absence of agreed standards for assessing accuracy and reliability.
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Child sexual abuse inquiry: survivors have waited long enough
Government launched the inquiry in an attempt to put things right for some of the most wronged people in our society, yet the sound of dragging heels is deafening.
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The end of Susskind?
It’s fashionable to sneer at futurologists - but look at what the lord chief justice’s IT adviser got right.